Report: Trump pressed Tillerson to assist Giuliani client facing DOJ charges

During a 2017 meeting in the Oval Office, President Trump urged then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to help coax the Department of Justice into dropping a criminal case against one of Rudy Giuliani's clients, three people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg News. Tillerson said he would not do this, as he would be interfering in an ongoing investigation, and others in the room were shocked by the request, Bloomberg News says. Giuliani, a longtime supporter of Trump, is now the president's ...